In most people’s opinion, a natural leader is a person who can easily lead a group of people with the intelligence and time to organize and run that group well. I think that being a natural leader can be something that anyone can achieve, but the people who naturally have the ability to lead a group comfortably usually are pretty intelligent, want to spend their time on the group, and have a strong voice for what they believe is right. Sometimes I feel like a natural leader is someone who enjoys being around everyone, not just their selected “favorites”. An example of a natural leader versus a non-natural leader would be when I was on the high school swim team. We had two team captains two years ago and one of them was a perfect natural leader. She tried to get to know everyone as fast as she could, and helped out the freshmen who were unsure about something. She always seemed interested in what you were swimming at a meet, and had a good way of organizing the team contact info and our carpools that we took to practice every day. The other captain wasn’t a natural leader, she snapped at people when they asked a question and expected us to know everything without question. Soon, I found that a lot of the swimmers (including myself) went to the natural leader captain for questions, or just to talk, because she was welcoming to be around. I now find that anyone could be a natural leader by admiring and being around some of your peers who are natural leaders, maybe helping you to achieve a leadership role in the future.
